Keith Long (born 14 November 1973) is an Irish football manager and former

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. He is currently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division team

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. Long is a former Bray Wanderers player, assistant manager and was previously caretaker manager before taking over in November 2011 from Pat Devlin. Long also played for Stoke City before joining

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in 1993 and then St Patrick's Athletic before joining Bray Wanderers in 2000 where he played 138 games before retiring in 2005. His first league goal was the winner for Dundalk at

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on 4 November 1995. Long made a substitute appearance in the

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at the

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On 29 April 2014, he was named as manager of

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. He could not prevent

's relegation from the League of Ireland Premier Division and departed the club to become manager of Bohemians on 30 October 2014. On 30 August 2022, a day after a 3–1 home defeat to St Patrick's Athletic, he was sacked by Bohs without winning a major trophy during his 8 years at the club. On 29 March 2023, Long was appointed manager of

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club

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a player

St Patrick's Athletic

* League of Ireland Premier Division (1) ** 1997–98

As a manager

Bohemians

* Leinster Senior Cup ** 2015-16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Keith Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football utility players Association footballers from Dublin (city) League of Ireland players Living people Dundalk F.C. players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players Bray Wanderers F.C. players League of Ireland managers 1973 births Bray Wanderers F.C. managers Men's association football defenders Republic of Ireland association football managers Bohemian F.C. managers Athlone Town A.F.C. managers Waterford F.C. managers